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| Basic information | Name: Burnwell This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: Yes Year fell: 1990 Country: United States Mass:  1504 g | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 10 approved meteorites classified as H4-an. [show all] Search for other: H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7), H chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 82:
Burnwell Pike County, Kentucky, USA Fell 1990 September 4, 15:45 EDT (19:45 UT) Ordinary chondrite (type 4) A 1.504 kg stone fell through the porch of Arthur and Frances Pegg, frightening a goat and a horse, and was recovered the next day. Classification and mineralogy (T. McCoy, R. Ash, E. Jarosewich and S. Russell, SI): olivine, Fa15.8; pyroxene Fs13.4; Co in kamacite, 0.35 wt%; Fe-Ni metal, 19.75 wt%; shock stage S3; O isotopes, d17O = +0.48 permil; chondrule sizes similar to H chondrites; many properties are similar to Willaroy; see Russell et al., 1998. Specimens: all at SI. | ||||||||||||||||
| Institutions and collections |
SI: Department of Mineral Sciences, NHB-119, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560, USA (institutional address) |
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 82, MAPS 33, A221-A240 (1998)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 25 approved meteorites from Kentucky, United States (plus 1 impact crater) This is 1 of 1677 approved meteorites from United States (plus 224 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||
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